Pin-tongue and fastening therefor.



H. A. SADLER.

PIN TONGUE AND FASTENING THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1910.

1,033,621. Patented July 23, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT A. SADLER, OF SOUTH ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

PIN-TONGUE AND FASTENING THEREFOR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT A. SADLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pin- Tongues and Fastenings Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pin tongues and fastenings therefor, and the object of the invention is to provide a new, novel, simple and inexpensive type of tongue and fastening, in which the tongue will be securely and positively held against any possible accidental disengagement with the catch.

Further, the invention aims to permit manual disengagement of the tongue with ease and facility, and it has still other objects which will later evidence themselves in the following specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a body equipped with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings the reference character 1 designates a body which may be that of a barrette, brooch, badge, or any other element which is to carry a pin tongue and fastening means therefor, it being understood that the invention is of general application, and the instances of use just noted are to be considered rather as exam ples and not enumeration.

At one end of the body there is carried a pivot or hinge member 2 to which is pivoted one end of the spring pin or tongue 3, which latter is preferably formed of spring wire or other spring metal and is formed with a bowed or semi-circular portion A which is located intermediate the ends of the spring tongue between the pivoted or hinged member 2 and the catch 5 which latter is carried by the body 1. At the free end of the pin tongue there is formed thereon an abutment 6 which is shown in the present instance as being in the form of a ball, which ball engages in a seat or depression 7 formed in the inner side face of the catch 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The catch 5 is bifurcated as indicated at 8, the bifurcation terminating in an enlarged portion 9 which receives the outer extremity of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 29, 1910.

Patented July 23, 1912.

Serial No. 584,417.

the tongue 3. The outer sides of the bifurcation are beveled as indicated at 10 in order to permit the end 11 of the spring tongue to be introduced into the enlargement 9 of the bifurcation with ease and facility. The free extremity of the pin tongue 3 is provided with a finishing piece 12- which may be a ball, as depicted in the drawings, or other ornament.

In operation it will be understood that when the pin tongue is to be disengaged from the catch the semi-circular or bowed portion 4 is moved downwardly or depressed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body 1 thereby causing the ball or abutment 6 to be moved out away from its seat 7 thus bringing the portion 11 of tongue 3 into the enlargement 9 of the bifurcation 8, at which time the pin tongue is moved outwardly through the bifurcation 8, thus freeing the same from engagement with the catch. It will thus be seen that when the parts are in the position illustrated in the drawing, namely locked position, the semi-circular portion 4 due to the tongue being formed of spring metal, forces the ball or abutment 6 which constitutes a locking member into the seat or depression 7 of the catch, and thereby positively prevents disengagement of the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In combination with a body, a tongue formed of spring material pivotally secured at one end of the body and having a bowed portion intermediate its ends, a ball adjacent the free end of the tongue, a catch member on the body having a bifurcation, the inner end of the bifurcation being enlarged to receive the free end of the tongue and the outer end of the bifurcation being beveled outwardly to form a, wide mouth to receive the tongue, said catch being formed with a seat to conformably receive said ball.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT A. SADLER.

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

